Saturday, October 12, 2013

1st Bi-Annual Cousins Craft Day - 2013

We started the day off around 10 a.m. I had everyone's projects set up on a table against the wall so it was easy for them to take when they were ready for the next one.

Everyone arrived and we set up the food on the bar.

Then, as we got started, I pulled out a basket full of surprises for everyone. I shared with them how I've been feeling very low for the last while and this little craft weekend has really helped brighten my spirits, so I wanted to thank them for that. I ripped off my shirt and underneath it was another shirt that I had rhinestoned! And then, I let everyone know I had one for them too!

Although Linda isn't smiling in this picture, she loved her shirt!

Of course, we had to take a group picture of all of us in our shirts!

We started off making the ghosts...Lisa and Cindy were felt cutting maniacs! Auntie did a great job sewing the buttons and mouths on her ghosts and Cindy was all over her two sets!

Lisa helped with a lot of the painting since she didn't do as many projects as others did...

Linda was so happy with her Give Thanks door tags that she decided to wear them around!

One of my projects was this Christ is the Center of our Home plaque. For some reason, the tape was a bugger to peel off this time, but they still turned out beautiful.

And this is the beginning of the Behold Him blocks.

I wish I had gotten more pictures of everything, but I was so busy running back and forth between inside and outside, painting, sanding, helping, laughing, etc. that I just didn't get that many. Oh well, next time! It's over. Happy it's over, but sad it's over too. Hopefully more of the cousins will be able to come in 2015!

Here are pictures of all the projects from the sample pictures we used as models...

Thomas S. Monson Said...

"With all the strength of my soul I testify that our Heavenly Father loves each one of us. He hears the prayers of humble hearts; He hears our cries for help. . . . His Son, our Savior and Redeemer, speaks to each of us today: 'Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him' (Revelation 3:20). Will we listen for that knock? Will we hear that voice? Will we open that door to the Lord, that we may receive the help He is so ready to provide? I pray that we will."

Henry B Eyring Said...

"I wrote down a few lines every day for years. I never missed a day no matter how tired I was or how early I would have to start the next day. Before I would write, I would ponder this question: “Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?” As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done." As I have begun doing this in my own life I have witnessed the quiet beauty of recognizing the hand of the Lord in my life every day."

Neil A. Maxwell Said...

"When life is hard, remember - we are not the first to ask, 'Is there no other way?'"